Student Support for the 50th North American Power Symposium (NAPS),To Be Held in Fargo, ND, September 9-11, 2018.

该提案请求美国国家科学基金会(NSF)提供资金，帮助补贴北达科他州州立大学于2018年9月9日至11日在北达科他州法戈举办的第50届北美能源研讨会(NAP)的旅费、注册费和住宿费。NAPS作为一个非营利性的、以学生为中心的会议，将把电力和能源系统领域的学生、教师和研究人员聚集在一起。从技术上讲，此次研讨会由IEEE电力与能源学会联合主办，预计将有大约150份由学生主导的论文报告，这些报告将通过IEEE的数字图书馆传播。学术上的优点主要在于研讨会努力承认学生是研究企业的劳动力，从而团结全国从事电力系统领域的教师、行业成员和学生团体，展示和讨论对国家和国家科学基金会具有共同重要性的既定和新兴课题的研究。会议的一个重要因素是每个学生提交的论文都可以从该领域的同行和专家那里获得反馈，这将有助于形成正确方向的早期职业研究。更广泛的影响在于会议包容和以学生为中心的立场，这将有力地鼓励学生出席，促进互动，并为专业发展提供无数机会。对本科生和少数族裔的支持将有助于在他们职业生涯的正确时间提供灵感、鼓励和指导的正确组合。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This proposal requests funds from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help subsidize student-related expenses towards travel, registration, and accommodation for the 50th North American Power Symposium (NAPS) hosted by North Dakota State University, in Fargo, North Dakota, from September 9-11, 2018. NAPS, as a non-profit, and student-centric conference, will bring together students, faculty, and researchers in the power and energy systems area. The symposium is technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Power and Energy Society and anticipates around 150 student-led paper presentations - which will be disseminated through IEEE's digital library.The intellectual merits primarily lie in the symposium's efforts in recognizing students as the workforce of the research enterprise, and thereby, uniting the nation's faculty, industry members, and the student body engaged in the field of power systems to present and discuss research in established and emerging topics of concurrent importance to the nation and the National Science Foundation. An important element of the conference is the feedback available to every student-presented paper from peers and experts in the field, which will help shape early career-research in the right directions. The broader impacts lie in the conference's inclusive and student-centric stance which will strongly encourage student attendance, promote interactions, and provide numerous opportunities for professional development. Support to undergraduates and minorities will help provide the right mix of inspiration, encouragement, and mentorship at the right time in their careers.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.